VARIATION OF MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS WITHIN POPULATIONS OF GROUND BEETLES ANTHIA SEXMACULATA (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) LOCATED IN DIFFERENT ECOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS IN EGYPT
HASSAN, M., ELSHEWY, D., BREAM, A., RIAD, S. (2017). VARIATION OF MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS WITHIN POPULATIONS OF GROUND BEETLES ANTHIA SEXMACULATA (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) LOCATED IN DIFFERENT ECOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS IN EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 47(3), 671-678. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2017.77728
MOSTAFA I. HASSAN; DALIA A. ELSHEWY; AHMED S. BREAM; SABER A. RIAD. "VARIATION OF MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS WITHIN POPULATIONS OF GROUND BEETLES ANTHIA SEXMACULATA (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) LOCATED IN DIFFERENT ECOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS IN EGYPT". EKB Journal Management System, 47, 3, 2017, 671-678. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2017.77728
HASSAN, M., ELSHEWY, D., BREAM, A., RIAD, S. (2017). 'VARIATION OF MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS WITHIN POPULATIONS OF GROUND BEETLES ANTHIA SEXMACULATA (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) LOCATED IN DIFFERENT ECOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS IN EGYPT', EKB Journal Management System, 47(3), pp. 671-678. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2017.77728
HASSAN, M., ELSHEWY, D., BREAM, A., RIAD, S. VARIATION OF MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS WITHIN POPULATIONS OF GROUND BEETLES ANTHIA SEXMACULATA (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) LOCATED IN DIFFERENT ECOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS IN EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 47(3): 671-678. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2017.77728

VARIATION OF MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS WITHIN POPULATIONS OF GROUND BEETLES ANTHIA SEXMACULATA (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) LOCATED IN DIFFERENT ECOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS IN EGYPT

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Article 22, Volume 47, Issue 3, December 2017, Page 671-678  XML PDF (609.6 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2017.77728
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Authors
MOSTAFA I. HASSAN1; DALIA A. ELSHEWY2; AHMED S. BREAM1; SABER A. RIAD1
1Department of Zoology, Entomology Unit, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.
2Department of Insect Classification and Survey, Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
The morphometric measurements of populations of Anthia sexmaculata in different regions were studied in Egypt. A multivariate comparison of morphometric differences was undertaken by eyepiece micrometer on three different ecogeographical areas in Egypt; Western Mediterranean Coastal Desert (WMCD) (North Coast, Fouka and Mersa Matruh), Western Desert (Siwa, Bahariya and Dakhla Oases) and South Sinai (Saint Catherine and Taba Protected area and Sharm El Sheikh wadis). Twenty-one morphometric traits were studied. Traits best corresponding to the distinction of populations was distinguished by cluster and discriminant analysis (LDA). The first and second discriminant axes (Axis1 and Axis2) recorded 88.38% and 11.62%, respectively, of the total variation in studied sample. Multiple discriminant analysis revealed clear morphometric differences between West Mediterranean Costal Desert, Western Desert and South Sinai populations. Traits connected with morphometric measurements are good characters for differentiation between carabid beetles, South Sinai population of A. sexmaculatus have been shown to differ morphologically from the other populations in Egypt.
Keywords
Egypt; Biogeography; Morphometrics; Linear Discriminant Analysis; Anthia sexmaculata; Carabid beetle
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